Simple Fall Projects - Part IV Another Wreath

OMG!!! I usually never use OMG, but I have been screaming at the computer. Have you ever seen something that you love and then it gets lost in blogland forever?

Yeah, I just spent the last hour trying to find something that I new I wanted to try the moment I saw it.

Look at this beautiful wreath.

Julie over at Less-Than-Perfect Life of Bliss made her.

Like I said, isn’t she beautiful? You can see how she made her here.

Well, here I go searching for a way to make this my own. I had dollar store garland. I had wire, ribbon, and spray paint. Ready, set, GO!

First I began making a wreath by winding my garland into a circle and securing each circular pass with wire.

Waalaa…I have a fall wreath. I knew from my inspiration above that I didn’t want to leave it like it was. I also know that although I love heirloom white, it doesn’t work well for me. ORB does though! What to do.

Well, ORB it is and here are my wreaths.

Yes it is ORB, but on the fabric leaves it appears more black in the picture. This lead me to the orange ribbon and a perfect wreath for Halloween.

I have two long windows in the family room that flank the fireplace. I thought the white wood blinds would make the perfect back drop for these wreaths.

The bow is hot glued on and the ribbon is tied on the back of the wreath and the curtain rod.

Never mind the poor or lack of window treatment at the top :(

That will be another day.

What do you think?

If you are looking for other great wreaths, check out this party:

For the LOVE of Wreaths Party at Domestically-Speaking

Perfect - Imperfect

My two worlds collide on a regular basis.

You know what I mean!

My blog world and my real world…

I wish I had a space that looked like this.

The Nester's.

Even her clutter as she refers to it, looks beautiful to me:)

Or how about this

Make-Happy's.

Isn’t this space so cute, crisp, and clean?

Well these are a few blogs that I follow.

The Nester is currently doing a series called 31 Days to a Less Messy Nest check it out here. It is great and I can’t wait each day to read her posts as there are great ideas and more importantly, the first series that I have followed faithfully that is making me really think and look at our own home.

Marisa at Make-Happy is becoming a wonderful new bloggy friend to me. Not only has she supported me with some kind comments, but she has become a follower of mine. I have to say that I love everything about her blog and have spent hours stalking her blog to read post after post. If you haven’t ever read her blog check it out here. She has great finds, recipes, stories, and a beautiful home. I can’t get enough…good thing I haven’t read all of her posts yet :)

The point of this post is that I have the blog world look at my home like this.

But today in the real world….my house looks like this.

Well, sometimes you have to keep it real and know that your house will once again look like those better pictures. But for today, I have to deal with little mans jumperoo in the middle of the floor and the baby clothes that are getting cleaned out!

On the upside, I have a new space to work with and plan to make it great with so many of the things that I love, have always wanted, or coveted from these other people. I will post more about that later :)